All dates are provisional until confirmed in the preceding month's FTORC Bulletin
Walking grades
E = Up to 4 hours/day, easy gradient, graded track
M = 5-6 hours/day, moderate gradient, possibly rougher track
F = 7 hours+/day, steep gradient, rough or off track
Please make a fair contribution to vehicle running costs in agreement with trip drivers - consider the consumable expenses of running a vehicle in addition to fuel.
All trip participants are advised to read the FTORC safety guidelines; gear lists and other useful resources are linked from this page.
12-13 December 2020 Ben Lomond & Queenstown cycle trails Queenstown Grade M
Weekend tramp & bike, contact Alina Suchanski
05 or 06 December 2020 Excelsior Peak Takitimu Mountains Grade F
Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin
28-29 November 2020 Ailsa Mountains Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Lynley King
14 or 15 November 2020 Gertrude Valley & Hollyford Valley stoat traps Darran Mountains Grade M
Day tramp, contact Liz Scott
07-08 November 2020 Mount Saint Bathans Saint Bathans Range Grade M
Day or weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin
24-26 October 2020 (Labour Weekend) Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Grade E, M
Day tramps, contact Alina Suchanski & Bev Thorne
October 2020 Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson
10-11 October 2020 Kaherekoau Mountains Grade F
Weekend tramp, contact Crystal Brindle
26-27 September 2020 Borland Burn North Branch - Garnock Burn Hunter Mountains Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott
12 or 13 September 2020 Mid Dome Mataura Range Grade M
Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin
05 or 06 September 2020 Mount Prospect Grade E
Day bike or tramp, contact Sue Marwick
22-23 August 2020 Welcome Rock Slate Range Grade E, M
Weekend ski/snow shoe, contact Cathy Lewsley
August 2020 Middle Fiord Lake Te Anau & Lake Hankinson Grade M-F
Multi-day kayak, contact Bob Anderson
August 2020 West Coast Wilderness Trail Grade M
Multi-day bike, contact Sue Bennett
26-27 July 2020 Hope Arm & The Monument Lake Manapouri Grade M
Weekend kayak, contact Alina Suchanski
11-12 July 2020 Port Craig Te Waewae Bay Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott
20 or 21 June 2020 Lake Hauroko Lookout Kaherekoau Mountains Grade M
Day tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
30-31 May 2020 (Queens Birthday) Green Lake Hunter Mountains Grade M
Weekend or long weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
23 May 2020 Manapouri - Rakatu Wetlands Waiau Valley Grade E
Day bike and walk, contact Cathy Lewsley
10-14 April 2020 (Easter) Dusky Track Merrie Range Grade M-F
Multi-day fly/tramp/boat, contact Alina Suchanski
28 or 29 March 2020 Percy Saddle Hunter Mountains Grade M-F
Day bike or tramp, contact Cathy Lewsley
28 March 2020 Navigation Instruction Course Invercargill Grade E
Day course, Southland Tramping Club, contact Barry Smith
21-22 March 2020 Mistake Creek - U Pass - Hut Creek Eyre Mountains Grade M-F
Long day or weekend tramp (TBC), contact Bev Thorne
14-15 March 2020 Skippers Creek Shotover Valley Grade M
Weekend tramp, Wakatipu Tramping Club, contact Peter De La Mare
29 February - 01 March 2020 Ailsa Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Lynley & Paul King
15-16 February 2020 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys + Gertrude Saddle Darran Mountains Grade E, M
Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
05-07 March 2020 Jackson Peaks Kepler Mountains Grade F
Multi-day tramp, contact Liz Scott
25-26 January 2019 Learn to Pack Raft Location TBC Grade E
Pack rafting instruction, contact Crystal Brindle
13-16 December 2019 Rees-Dart Track Forbes Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Neville Thorne
08 December 2019 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E
Day tramp, contact Isla Marwick
23-24 November 2019 Alabaster Hut Hollyford Track Hollyford Valley Grade M
Overnight tramp, contact Cathy Lewsley
16-17 November 2019 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade E, M
Overnight tramp, contact Liz Scott
10 November 2019 Mount Prospect Mount Prospect Station Grade E
Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin
26-28 October 2019 (Labour Weekend) Brewster Track & Hut Haast Valley Grade M-F
Multi-day tramp, contact Bev Thorne
21-24 October 2019 Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson
12-13 October 2019 Lake Rakatu Hunter Mountains Grade M
Overnight tramp, contact Prue Fraser
06 October 2019 Kiwi Burn Circuit Livingstone Mountains Grade M
Day tramp, contact Liz Scott
21 or 22 September 2019 Mavora Walkway Livingstone Mountains Grade M
Day tramp, contact Viv Shaw
August/September 2019 date TBC Meadow Hut Snow Farm Pisa Range Grade E,M,F
Overnight cross country ski, contact Cathy Lewsley
24-25 August 2019 Port Craig Grade M
Overnight tramp, contact Nigel Lee
09-10 August 2019 Titan Rocks & Blue Lake Garvie Mountains Grade F
Overnight tramp & snow shoe, contact Stephen Martin
27 or 28 July 2019 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E
Day tramp, contact Isla Marwick
13 or 14 July 2019 Lake Te Anau Grade E
Day kayak, contact Bob Anderson
29 or 30 June 2019 Wilderness Road & Lake Thomas Grade E
Day cycle, contact Jill McBride
15-16 June 2019 Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M
Full Moon overnight tramp including boat crossing on M V Faith, contact Bev Thorne
08 or 09 June 2019 East Dome Garvie Mountains Grade F
Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin
01 June-03 July 2019 Greenstone-Caples Track Livingstone Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Stephen Martin
25 or 26 May 2019 Lake Manapouri & The Monument Grade E
Day kayak and tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
May 2019 (date flexible) Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson
05-12 May 2019 Masons Bay Stewart Island Grade M-F
Multi-day tramp, contact Liz Scott
04 May 2019 Longwood Forest Grade M
Day tramp, contact George Garden
19-25 April 2019 (Easter) Cascade Valley - Hollyford Valley Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Crystal Brindle
06 or 07 April 2019 Corner Peak Takitimu Mountains Grade E
Day tramp, contact Iris Brugman
23-24 February 2019 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade E, M
Weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott
16-17 February 2019 Mistake Creek, U Pass, Hut Creek Earl Mountains Grade M-F
Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin
02 or 03 February 2019, date TBC Borland Valley Hunter Mountain Grade E
Day tramp, contact Viv Shaw
19-20 January 2019 Lake Wilson Serpentine Range Grade M-F
Multi-day tramp, contact Liz Scott
15-16 December 2018 Emily Pass Ailsa Mountains Grade F
Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee
15-16 December 2018 Dome Island Lake Te Anau Grade E
Day kayak, contact Cathy Lewsley
08-09 December 2018 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
24-25 November 2018 North Mavora Lake & Acheron Lakes Livingstone Mountains Grade F
Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
17-18 November 2018 Steele Creek Ailsa Mountains Grade F
Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee
03 or 04 November 2018 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E
Day tramp, contact Prue Fraser
20-22 October 2018 (Labour Weekend) Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Grade E, M
Multi-day tramp, contact Bev Thorne
06-07 October 2018 Welcome Rock Trails Slate Range Grade M
Weekend cycle trail or tramp, contact Jocelyn Hodges
October 2018, date TBC Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M
Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson
22-23 September 2018 Spence Hut Spence Burn Takitimu Mountains Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin
08-09 September 2018 McKellar Hut Greenstone Track Greenstone Valley Grade E
Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
August 2018, date TBC Middle Fiord Lake Te Anau Grade F
Multi-day kayak, contact Stephen Martin
18-19 August 2018 Port Craig Te Waewae Bay Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee
11-12 August 2018 Hope Arm Lake Manapouri Grade E-M
Weekend kayak, contact Bob Anderson
28 July 2018 Lake2Lake Trail Lake Te Anau - Lake Manapouri Waiau Valley Grade E-M
Day cycle trail, contact Bob Anderson
14-15 July 2018 Hidden Falls Hut Hollyford Track Hollyford Valley Grade E
Multi-day tramp, contact Fay Edwards
30 June-01 July 2018 Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M
Full Moon overnight tramp, contact Bev Thorne
16-17 June 2018 Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Mixed Grades
Weekend cycling and walking, contact Bev Thorne
02-04 June 2018 Queens Birthday Weekend Kinloch Lake Wakatipu Mixed Grades
Long weekend cycling, kayaking and walking, contact Alina Suchanski
19-20 May 2018 Hidden Falls Hut Hollyford Track Grade E
Weekend tramp, contact Fay Edwards
05 May 2018 Mansion Hut Irthing Stream Eyre Mountains Grade E
Day tramp, contact Robynne Peacock
21 April 2018 Hidden Lakes Lake Te Anau Grade E
Day kayak and walk, contact Cathy Lewsley
07-08 April 2018 Sunny Creek Ailsa Mountains Grade M-F
Weekend tramp, contact Lynley King
30 March-02 April 2018 Easter Weekend Makarora (Otago) Mixed Grades
Long weekend tramps, contact Christine Pounsford
17-18 March 2018 Queenstown Trail Grade E-M
Weekend trail cycling, contact Cathy Lewsley
03-04 March 2018 Bullendale & Dynamo Tracks Skippers Creek (Otago) Grade E-M
Weekend tramp with historical interest, contact Jude Collett, Wakatipu Tramping Club
17-18 February 2018 Mistake Creek / U-Pass / Hut Creek Earl Mountains Grade M
Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin
10-11 February 2018 McPherson cirque & Gertrude Valley Darran Mountains Grade E-M
Weekend predator trap checking, contact Alina Suchanski
03-06 February 2018 Waitangi Day weekend Lake Wilson / North Col / Rock Burn Humboldt Mountains Grade M-F
Long weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott
27-28 January 2018 Whitestone River - Mount Cerberus, Livingstone Mountains Grade F
Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee
20-21 January 2018 Boyd Creek Lodge, Countess Range Grade E
Weekend family walking, contact Jacky Holmes
14 or 15 January 2018 Beers Farm Track, Kepler Mountains Grade M
Day tramp, contact Viv Shaw
09-10 December 2017 Acheron Lakes, Livingstone Mountains Grade M-F
Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski
02 December 2017 Kepler Challenge / Luxmore Grunt Kepler Track, Kepler Mountains Grade VF (confirmed entry only)
Mountain running race https://www.keplerchallenge.co.nz/